Minister of Munitions

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Minister of Munitions

, who served as Minister of Munitions between 1915 and 1916.]] The Minister of Munitions was a British government position created during the First World War

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
to oversee and co-ordinate the production and distribution of munitions for the war effort. The position was created in response to the Shell Crisis of 1915

Shell Crisis of 1915

The Shell Crisis of 1915 largely contributed to weakening public appreciation of Her Majesty's Government during World War I because it was widely perceived that the production of Shell for use by the British Army was inadequate....
when there was much public criticism of the shortage of shells available.

Most Ministers appointed were high flying politicians, starting with David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor Order of Merit , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman and the only Wales Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - he is also the only one to have spoken English language as a second language, Welsh language having been his first....
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, who served as Minister of Munitions between 1915 and 1916.]] The Minister of Munitions was a British government position created during the First World War

World War I

Shell Crisis of 1915

David Lloyd George

Ministers of Munitions, 1915-1921

Name	Entered office	Left office
David Lloyd George David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor Order of Merit , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman and the only Wales Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - he is also the only one to have spoken English language as a second language, Welsh language having been his first....	25 May 1915	9 July 1916
Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu Edwin Samuel Montagu Edwin Samuel Montagu was a United Kingdom Liberal Party Jewish politician. The second son and seventh child of Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling, he was educated at Clifton College, the City of London School, University College London and Trinity College, Cambridge....	9 July 1916	10 December 1916
Christopher Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, Order of the Garter , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom medical doctor and politician....	10 December 1916	17 July 1917
Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Territorial Decoration, Fellow of the Royal Society, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was a Politics of the United Kingdom known chiefly for his leadership of the United King...	17 July 1917	10 January 1919
The Lord Inverforth Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth Privy Council of the United Kingdom created and headed the firm of Andrew Weir and Co. shipowners of Glasgow....	10 January 1919	21 March 1921

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Munitions, 1916-1919

Name	Entered office	Left office
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt	14 December 1916	30 January 1918
F. G. Kellaway Frederick Kellaway Frederick George Kellaway Privy Council of the United Kingdom , often called F. G. Kellaway, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for Bedford from United Kingdom general election, December 1910 to 1922....	14 December 1916	1 April 1920
J. E. B. Seely J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Territorial Decoration was a United Kingdom soldier and politician....	10 July 1918	10 January 1919
John Baird John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, Baronet, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant , was a British Conservative Party politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth Governor-Genera...	10 January 1919	29 April 1919

Parliamentary and Financial Secretaries to the Ministry of Munitions, 1918-1921

Name	Entered office	Left office
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt	30 January 1918	18 July 1918
James Hope	27 January 1919	31 March 1921